Re: [PATCH v2] net/smc: Replace use of strncpy on NUL-terminated string with strscpy
From: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Date: 2025-09-01 16:03:59
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On Sun, Aug 31, 2025 at 08:04:59PM -0700, James Flowers wrote:
strncpy is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated strings, as indicated in Documentation/process/deprecated.rst. strncpy NUL-pads the destination buffer and doesn't guarantee the destination buffer will be NUL terminated. Signed-off-by: James Flowers <redacted> --- V1 -> V2: Replaced with two argument version of strscpy Note: this has only been compile tested.
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>